James Boyle is a Vice President within the Gartner's CIO Advisory practice. Drawing from 27+ years' experience in business and technology strategic execution, he writes, speaks, and advises on enterprise agility in context to PMO, EPMO, SRO, VMO, VRO transformations and Strategic Portfolio Management. Notably, this includes prioritization of investments for strategic alignment and the related planning and execution topics of lean portfolio management, agile at scale, projects to products, platform and product management, value streams, journeys, total experience, digital optimization and transformation, business and enterprise architecture, business agility, and furthering value flow for outcomes.
Prior to joining Gartner his experience spans leadership positions in both public and private sector with several Fortune 500 organizations, in a variety of industries such as high-tech, banking and insurance, utilities, consulting, and provincial government.
Microsoft, Engagement Manager - Consulting Services , 2 years
Ontario Government , Head, I&IT Strategy & Planning Branch, Ministry of Finance and Cabinet, 4 years
TD Bank, Platform and Transformation Lead, Portfolio Director; PMO Digital; Architecture, 10 years
Best-in-Class Portfolio Office
Strategic Portfolio Management
Build and Deliver Software to Drive Business Results
Provide Strategic Business Leadership
Implement Strategic Operating Model
BSc, Brock University
Master's Certificate Project Management, Schulich School of Business - York University
MBA (Information Technology Management), Athabasca University
Executive Certificate in Applied Leadership, Strategic Planning and Execution, Queens University
Transforming the PMO/EPMO to Strategic Realization Office, Value Management Office, Value Realization Office
Refining Project Portfolio Management to Strategic Portfolio Management and Execution of Mixed Portfolios
Strategic Portfolio Management Life Cycle for Strategic Alignment and Digital Enablement via Total Experience (TX)
Scaling Agile, Business Agility, Outputs to Outcomes, Flow of Value
Product-Centric Delivery, Product line Management, Product Roles, Product Funding Models